Notifying customers of available efficiencies via updates to electronic menus, personal notifications, etc. is described herein. As an example, a computing system can receive a first request indicating that an item that is offered for sale by a merchant that has been requested by a customer and can determine an efficiency associated with combining the first request with a second request from another customer. Such an efficiency, for example, can comprise sharing an item on a menu or preparing multiple items together instead of individually. The computing system can notify, in near real-time and based at least partly on determining the efficiency associated with combining the first request and the second request, at least the other customer about the efficiency. In some examples, the other customer can be notified via an update to the electronic menu, a personal notification to a user computing device, etc.
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2. The computer-implemented method as claim 1 recites, wherein determining the item is sharable comprises determining the item can be shared between at least the first customer and another customer, and the computer-implemented method further comprises sending a notification to at least one of the first customer or the another customer, wherein the notification indicates that the item is sharable between multiple customers.
3. The computer-implemented method as claim 1 recites, wherein dynamically updating the electronic menu comprises updating at least one of (i) a portion size of the item or (ii) a cost of the item.
4. The computer-implemented method as claim 1 recites, wherein determining the item is sharable comprises determining a batch of the item instead of an individual portion of the item can be prepared, and the computer-implemented method further comprises sending a notification to at least the second customer to promote the item to the second customer.
6. The computer-implemented method as claim 1 recites, further comprising sending, by the one or more computing devices, a notification to the portion of the computing devices to indicate an update associated with the item, wherein the update comprises at least one of (i) a portion size of the item or (ii) a cost of the item.
7. The computer-implemented method as claim 1 recites, wherein the customer data includes at least one of a current location of the plurality of target customers, previous interactions between the plurality of target customers and the merchant, or preferences of the plurality of target customers.
11. The system as claim 9 recites, the operations further comprising sending, by the one or more computing devices, a notification to the portion of the computing devices to indicate an update associated with the item, wherein the update comprises at least one of (i) a portion size of the item or (ii) a cost of the item.
14. The computer-implemented method as claim 1 recites, wherein the application is provided by the service provider or comprises a web browser.
16. The computer-implemented method as claim 1 recites, wherein the customer data comprises one or more of: customer preference data, purchase history data, appointment data, reservation data, sharing history data, or location data.
18. The computer-implemented method as claim 1 recites, wherein the updated electronic menu further includes an indication that shareability is dependent on availability of a portion at a time of ordering.
19. The computer-implemented method as claim 1 recites, wherein, after causing the updated electronic menu to be presented via the portion of the customer computing devices, causing presentation of a notification that remaining time to order a shareable portion is below a threshold period of time.
20. The computer-implemented method as claim 19 recites, wherein a cost for the shareable portion is based at least in part on the remaining time.
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